Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - A question about the future of efficient XML [Thread Next] Re: [xml-dev] A question about the future of efficient XMLTo: "Miroslav Hajda" <bomi@-------.--> Date: 6/11/2007 8:53:00 AM > Actually text is encoded as a binary data too, right? Yes; a big advantage of text formats is the installed base of text editors. eg. even native HTML *editors* are no ware near it. Another advantage is that the translation to human readable text is a simple one; so simple it was hardwired into most I/O devices. cheers, Brendan PS: hands off the 3.5inch floppy! | ||||||
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